July 16, marked the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the US military’s first detonation of a nuclear weapon in the deserts of New Mexico.

At various points of the public event, the Nobel laureates and nuclear experts looked back at the Manhattan Project ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Nuclear weapons have not been used in war since 1945, although there have been close calls. Now, a new arms race is heating up.

Kronos Quartet tap Iggy Pop, Stephin Merritt, Willie Nelson, Laurie Anderson & more to cover Dylan's "A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall" Kronos Quartet are marking the 80th anniversary of the first nuclear ...